Louis Martin
father of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, spouse of and Marie-Azélie Guérin (1823-1894)
Feast: 12 July (not on the universal Roman calendar; kept in the Roman Martyrology or local calendars)
Who they were
Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Discalced Carmelite canonized by the Catholic Church in 1925, and her elder sister Léonie Martin, a Visitation Sister declared a Servant of God in 2015. That same year, the couple became the first in Catholic history to be canonized together.
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The miracles
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Why that counted as sanctity
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Connected on this site
- Léonie Martin Saint Child“Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Discalced Carmelite canonized by the Catholic Church in 1925, and her elder sister Léonie Martin, a…” — Wikipedia
- Thérèse of Lisieux Saint Child“Louis Martin (22 August 1823 – 29 July 1894) and Azélie-Marie "Zélie" Guérin Martin (23 December 1831 – 28 August 1877) were a French Catholic couple and the parents of five nuns, including Thérèse of Lisieux, a Discalced Carmelite canonized by the Catholic Church in 1925, and her elder sister Léonie Martin, a…” — Wikipedia
- Wikidata Q13107341 — dates, feast day and identifiers (CC0)
- English Wikipedia — Louis Martin (lay brother) (CC BY-SA)
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